violin and piano

10 minutes

Lyri Milgram, violin ​Jillian Meyer, piano

Silk Street Music Hall // Guildhall School of Music // London, U.K. // 15 May 2017

Program note for premiere in London:

​Amtrak71 probably has something to do with how it has felt to be an American living abroad over the past horrifying year [2016-2017]. Amtrak (the American equivalent of National Rail) 71 is the train route along the Mississippi River from Chicago to New Orleans. These two capitals of black America gave rise to music of resistance, protest, and finally an unrelenting joy in the face of absurdity. ​